This revised edition features over 160 full colour images of new mutations, examples of breeding expectations, housing, feeding and management. Contents include Management, Housing, Feeding, Breeding, Hybridising, Ringing, Keeping Records and Surgical Sexing. Species include the Bourke's, Turquoise, Scarlet-chested, Elegant, Blue-winged, Rock, Orange-bellied, Red-rumped, Mulga, Blue-bonnet, Hooded, Golden-shouldered and Paradise Parrot.
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Toby Martin was born into a family of bird breeders in Sydney, Australia in 1927. His early years were spent working as a shipwright on the Sydney waterfront and travelling the world as what could be best described as an adventurer, dealing in shells and all sorts of rare and unlikely objects. Toby is also quite an artise, specialising in painting the older sailing ships. He married in 1950 and after 22 years his wife found his passion for birds too much to bear. Some years after his divorce, he met his present wife, Jacki, who also bred birds. It was with her that he really specialised in the breeding of Neophema and Psephotus Grass Parrots. He now keeps many of the mutations available today and of course the colours that will combine to produce the mutations of the future. Toby lectures at many avicultural meetings all over the world. He has been invited to lecture in England, Sweden, Denmark and the USA. He also founded, and is the current President of The Grass Parrot and Lorikeet Society of Australia Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive book,
By sammybarb (Mountain View, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Guide To... Neophema & Psephotus Grass ParrotsııTheir Mutations, Care and Breeding (Paperback)
For several years I bred and raised most of the Australian bird species, most notably the Splindid's (Scarlet Chested Parakeets/Neophema's), and the Mulga's (Many Colored Parakeets/Psephotus).
These two species have VERY different behavioral traits, as well as the breeds within their respective groups. There are only a very few books that target these particular breeds, and this book is a very good reference. I recommend it very highly.
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